7744000

Chip Card Retaining Mechanism

PublishedJune 29, 2010
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
2 claims

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1. A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card mounted in an electronic device, the electronic device including a housing, the housing having a battery compartment defined therein, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising: a receiving portion defined in the housing for fittingly receiving the chip card therein, the receiving portion having an opening in communication with the battery compartment of the electronic device; and a locking assembly comprising: a stop mechanism configured for preventing the chip card from being withdrawn from the receiving portion along a vertical direction; a rotation mechanism; a latch member, one end portion of the latch member rotatably connected with the housing by the rotation mechanism, and the latch member configured for rotating relative to the receiving portion and releasably closing the opening of the receiving portion, and directly resisting against the chip card to latch the chip card from being withdrawn from the receiving portion along a horizontal direction, and a rotating axis of the rotation mechanism being perpendicular to the receiving portion; wherein the housing has an inner wall defining the battery compartment adjacent to the opening, the inner wall defines an arcuate slot extending from a bottom of the battery compartment to an upper surface of the housing; a connecting plate extends from the inner wall and is offset from the opening, the latch member comprising a cylindrical end portion, the rotation mechanism includes a through hole defined in the cylindrical end portion, and a fixing post extends from the connecting plate to the upper surface of the housing and parallel to the inner wall, and the fixing post rotatably extends through the through hole.

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2. A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card mounted in an electronic device, the electronic device including a housing, the housing having a compartment defined therein, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising: a receiving portion defined in the housing for fittingly receiving the chip card therein, the receiving portion having an opening in communication with a battery compartment of the electronic device; and a locking assembly comprising: a stop mechanism configured for preventing the chip card from being withdrawn from the receiving portion along a vertical direction; a latch plate, a first end portion of the latch plate rotatably connected with the housing, such that an opposite second end portion of the latch plate is capable of closing the opening of the receiving portion, and resisting against the chip card to latch the chip card from being withdrawn from the receiving portion along a horizontal direction; wherein the housing has an inner wall defining the battery compartment adjacent to the opening, the inner wall defines an arcuate slot extending from a bottom of the battery compartment to an upper surface of the housing; and a connecting plate extends from the inner wall and is offset from the opening, the first end portion defines a through hole, and a fixing post extends from the connecting plate to the upper surface of the housing and parallel to the inner wall, and the fixing post rotatably extends through the through hole.

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Publication Date

June 29, 2010

Inventors

Qing Yang
Chia-Hua Chen

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